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单词 segment
释义 seg·ment
I. \ˈsegmənt\ noun
(-s)
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Latin segmentum, from secare to cut + -mentum -ment — more at saw
1.
 a. : a piece or separate fragment of something : portion
  < chopped off the segment of the line closest to the open hatch — Wirt Williams >
  < surgeon must remove the affected segment of the bowel — Greer Williams >
  < ores of commercial value … are found in segments of varying length — American Guide Series: Nevada >
 b.
  (1) : a portion cut off from a geometrical figure by a line or plane; especially : the part of a circular area bounded by a chord and an arc of that circle or so much of the area as is cut off by the chord
  (2) : the part of a sphere cut off by a plane or included between two parallel planes
  (3) : the finite part of a line between two points in the line
 c. : a portion of an act of speech; especially : a minimal portion consisting of an item of spoken language that is known as a vowel or a consonant — compare suprasegmental
2.
 a. : one of the constituent parts into which a body, entity, or quantity is or may be divided : section, division
  < the canning of juices and segmentsNewsweek >
  < calyx of five segments, very deeply cleft — F.E.Hulme >
  < the concept of fairness toward every segment of the economy — Nation's Business >
  < the natural gas industry is split into three major segments: producers, pipeliners, and distributors — Walter Goodman >
  < the segments of a tribe have the same characteristics as a tribe — Audrey Butt >
 b. : loop 4a
3.
 a. : a piece or casting (as of a sectional flywheel) in the form of the segment or sometimes the sector of a circle or part of a ring
 b. : segment gear
 c. : a segmental arch
Synonyms: see part
II. \ˈsegˌment\ transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
1. : to cause to undergo segmentation by division or multiplication of cells
 < the new cells which are successively segmented off from the terminal cell — T.H.Huxley & H.N.Martin >
2. : to separate into segments
 < the first criteria are linguistic and are used to segment the poem into manageable units — W.E.Bull >
 < provides a thoroughness and consistency of instruction lacking in a segmented course of study — J.R.Butler >
 < the clams are segmented into lineages — Audrey Butt >
 < the strategy of the police … was to keep the demonstration segmented and disorganized — New York Times >
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